Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have not had my 35mm f2 ASPH very long but I have had the 50mm f2 through a few rolls. My first impression is the same as yours, that is, the 35 ASPH is a cut above in sharpness. I am still working the 90 ASPH and cannot comment yet on that one. - --- "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > At 8:46 AM +0100 12/22/00, Robert Appleby wrote: > >Just back from a few days at Brian Stevens' place > in London, where I also > >met up with John Brownlow to discuss our plans to > achieve universal > >domination. Unfortunately we've had to reschedule > our assumption of power > >by a couple of months, but despite this > disappointment we had a nice time > >wondering in the gloom of London. Brian has just > recently bought a 50 > >summicron, as I did also a couple of months ago, > and we were both noting > >how disappointed we are with the results. There's a > definite feel/look to > >the new 35 asphs which leaves the 50/2 for dead. > Brian uses the 35/2 and I > >use the 35/1.4. If I have understood Erwin's > comments on the 50/2, it has > >excellent resolution etc but my feeling is that the > newer lenses have a > >much greater _perceived_ sharpness. Put slides from > the 50 next to the > >35/1.4 or 24/2.8 asphs and they really look soft > and wishywashy. Well, > >that's what I felt, anyway, does anyone have the > same/conflicting feelings? > >Meanwhile, Happy Christmas and so on. > >Rob. > >Robert Appleby > > > >'we had a nice time > wondering in the gloom of London.' > > no 'wonder' world domination is going nowhere. ;-) > > As for the Summicron 50 question, I have to agree. > The smoothness and > slightly undercorrected spherical aberrations of the > 50 leave it with > a creamy tonality that at times makes its images > seem less crisp than > those of the newer lenses. The 35/1.4 and 90 ASPH > certainly have a > clarity that makes the 50 Summi look a bit older, if > not less sharp. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/